turbant

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɜː(ɹ)bənt/

Noun

turbant (plural turbants)

1. Obsolete form of turban.
   • 1644, J[ames] H[owell], “England’s Teares, for the Present Wars, […]”, in ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest. […], 2nd edition, [Oxford, Oxfordshire: H. Hall], →OCLC, page 159:

     Methinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turbant, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, elſe he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […]

   • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, lines 69–79:

     […] Some from furthest south, / Syene, and where the shadow both way falls, / Meroë, Nilotic isle; and, more to west, / The realm of Bocchus to the Black-moor sea; / From the Asian kings, and Parthian among these; / From India and the Golden Chersonese, / And utmost Indian isle Taprobanè, / Dusk faces with white silken turbants wreathed; / From Gallia, Gades, and the British west, / Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians north, / Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.

Further reading

• “turbant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French turbant or from Italian turbante, both ultimately from Persian دلبند (dolband).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [turˈban]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [turˈbant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [tuɾˈbant]

Noun

turbant m (plural turbants)

1. turban

Further reading

• “turbant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “turbant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Latin

Verb

turbant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of turbō